Spittoon



(No Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 1,. J. MALLOY.

SPITTOON;

No. 466,354. Patented Jan.. 5, 1892.

(No Model.) asume-'sheet 2.

J. MALLY.

- sPITTO0N.

Patented Jem. 5, 1892.

fvev f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MALLOY, OF ESOANABA, MICHIGAN.

SPITTOON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,354, dated January5, 1892. Application iiled March 20,1891. Serial Nol 385,814. (Nomodel.)

v the county of Delta and State of Michigan,

have invented a certain new vand useful Im provement in Spittoons, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

The object of this invention is to provide for bar-rooms,billiardrooms,pool-rooms, and the like, stationary spittoons and means for carryingaway their filth.

In myinvention I utilize a pipe which may extend along the front of thebar outside of the bar or which may be arranged around a billiard orpool table, which pipe is inclined toward an outlet to a sewer. Thispipe is provided with stationary spittoons connected therewith bysuitable nipples or unions and emptying into it. A water-supply-forexample, the sinks of the bar or a special tapmay be connected with thepipe in order to carry away the filth from the spittoons into the sewer.l

I will describe the principle of my invention first, and thenparticularly point out and distinctly claim the part or implement whichI claim as my invention.

In the accompanyingV drawings, illustrating my invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure l is asectional front elevation, and Fig. 2 a

'sectional side elevation, of a bar equipped with my invention. Fig. 3is a partial plan, and Fig. 4t a side elevation, of a pool-tablesupplied with my invention.

The letter a designates the bar, b the tioor, and c a sewer-pipe. A piped, here shown as inclining from its ends toward the center, is connectedwith the sewer-pipe by means of a branch pipe e. This pipe d issupported upon the brackets f, and the ends of the pipe are closed withscrew-caps g. The pipe d in this arrangement may serve the purpose oftheordinary-foot-rail. I further utilize it to receive stationary spittoonsh. These spittoons may be made of metal with threaded outlets which aretapped into unions i, so that the said spittoons become xtures, to allintents vandppurposes, of the pipe d. The spittoons open directly intothe pipe d, and the-matter they receive flows or falls immediately intothe pipe d, and thus is carried through the branch pipe e into thesewer-pipe c. One end of the pipe d may be connectedwitha watersupply'orother running stream. Access to the interior of the pipe d may be had byremoving one ofthe caps g and flushing the same by means of hoseinserted in the end of the pipe. be had from the sinks j ordinarilyemployed in bars, and for this purpose I connect the sinks by means otpipes la with the pipe d. The waste from the sink or sinks is thus notonly carried away immediately, but subserves the additional purpose offlushing or washing. out the pipe d and preventing the accumulation offilth in the spittoons and in the said In order to apply my stationaryspittoons to a pool-table, I connect any number of such spittoons-sayfour-by means of a frame of pipe. This frame -also serves as afoot-rest. From each spittoon there may descend at am incline a pipe,which is joined to a common inlet to a sewer-pipe. Inasmuch as the partsemployed are substantially the same in function and operation as thoseemployed in the case of the bar, I have designated them by the Aconstant source of flushing may l same letters, ol being the/combinedfoot-bar and pipe, 72. the spittoons, e the branch pipe leading from thespittoons to the sewer-pipe jc, and f the brackets for supporting thepipe d.. Water may be introduced through the spittoons or otherwise inorder to flush the pipe d in this arrangement.

' Some of the advantages resulting from the use of my invention are thatthe spittoons, being stationary, are not capableof being upset andscattering their filth over thev floor, neither can'they be moved fromplace to place to the annoyance of persons, nor can they be used asweapons in unfortunate encounters.v

Moreover, they may be readily cleansed, and

the iiuid used for cleansing them immediately carried oft into thesewer.

What I claim isl. A pipe forming a foot-rail for bars and other xtures,combined with a suitable number of spittoons rigidly secured thereto andemptying therein, meansv for flushing said pipe, and a sewer `connectionfor said pipe, substantially as described. y

' 2. A pipe forming a foot-rail for bars and other fixtures, combinedwith a suitable num- IOO to said pipe and open into it, and a sewerconnection for conducting Way the filth from the spittoons through thesaid pipe, substantially as described. A r 5 In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand this 5th day of February, A D. 1801.

JOI-IN MALLOY.

\Vitnesses:

WM. II. FINCKEL, PHILIP F. LARNER.

